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Medium fat hard cheese on a food label: it contains milk

Medium fat hard cheese is a kind of hard cheese. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 231 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does medium fat hard cheese contain an allergen?

Yes. Medium fat hard cheese contains milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
MilkRequiredRequiredLactose includedRequiredLactose included

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Is medium fat hard cheese vegan?

No. Medium fat hard cheese is not vegan: it is made from milk. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it is made from milk.
VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.
Milk allergyNot for youIt contains milk.

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What other names does medium fat hard cheese have on a label?

On European labels it is “fromage à pâte dure demi-gras” in French, “Hartkäse Fettstufe” in German and “formaggio duro medio grasso” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

French
fromage à pâte dure demi-gras
German
Hartkäse Fettstufe
Italian
formaggio duro medio grasso
Croatian
srednje masni tvrdi sir

Which foods contain medium fat hard cheese?

Open Food Facts lists medium fat hard cheese in the ingredients of 231 products, most often ready meals, pizzas, pies and quiches and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, France and Ireland.

  • Ready meals70
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches30
  • Dressings and sauces24
  • Sandwiches21
  • Pasta, rice and flour16
  • Cheese13

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 211 · France 17 · Ireland 9 · United States 8.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where medium fat hard cheese turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is medium fat hard cheese?

Medium fat hard cheese is a kind of hard cheese.

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Sources

An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Medium fat hard cheese
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  4. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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